It might sound strange for some people, but I never fancied this kind of "action-platformer" titles like Tomb Raider, the Sands of Time trilogy and I didn't even get over-excited by the highly appreciated Shadow of the Collosus (actually I found it quite boring) – so I was not really eager to start...

Long, long ago when there were still American arcades that were not dominated by emo Dance Dance gangs and broken down Street Fighter machines, I remember stumbling across Dragon's Lair .

When Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was released in 2003, it was hailed as nothing short of a masterpiece. The modern-day retooling of one of the biggest franchises of gaming's golden age received immense critical acclaim, and game of the year awards for its inventive control scheme, stunning...

At first glance, Prince of Persia is easily the most eye-catching game of 2008. There were games with more anticipation – Metal Gear Solid 4, Gears of War 2 or Grand Theft Auto IV - but they had a built-in fan base with characters that are recognizable the instant that you see them.

Prince of Persia seems to be taking over the world this week with the lauch of a new video game and movie. Today lead game reviewer Richard Lewis takes a look back at the title which started the franchise back in 1989.

Prince of Persia 3D is a 3D action-adventure sequel to the classic game Prince of Persia I-II (launched in 1989). It's looking (at first sight) as a 3D conversion of Prince of Persia. Same traps, potions, enemies, but better, much better.

Minimum System Configuration Windows 95/98 233 Mhz Pentium with MMX or faster 64 MB Ram Minimum 300 MB free hard drive space 4X cd-rom drive or faster 640x480 display, 16 bit color DirectX 6.0 or higher 100% DirectX Compatible 3D Graphics Card with minimum 8 MB 100% DirectX Compatible Sound Card...

Persia has gone mainstream and minimal, but has the Prince lost his regal authority?

Be aware that this is not in Steam or Origin and you have to install yet another game client just to play this. This one is called Uplay if you don't already have it.

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Prince of Persia, Warrior Within . It wasn't a bad game, but playing it again recently shows how ridiculously hard it became. One of the complaints about Sands of Time was the length (about 8 hours seemed to be average) so Warrior Within was made considerably more difficult.